Sorry to hear it Coinics. I have been there man, many of us have. Luckily I kept the coins, (though she got about 10 times the amount in cash)....
Lol, surprisingly, that many coins does not take up much room. I am lucky I am a hoarder of coins, or else my house would be in rough shape. :)...
As Mark and Guy say, no rush. I love traveling down an unexplored road. Coin collecting should be about the journey, not the destination....
Thanks Lucy. I am glad I could help. I think if you start paying attention to the dates, and looking up why people choose them, you will see more...
I understand I had brought up 1980, but also used longer time frames. They work both ways, and everyone on this board knows the 1980 date for PM,...
Its also market specific. Us ancient collectors are also truly against the act. In fact, not much more in life gives me more pleasure that...
Chris, Thanks for going through the trouble. I will stand corrected, (of course, its not the first time :)) To the OP, I believe we are...
I am no error expert, but I am looking at the overall condition, (nice AU minimum), and then at the reeding. The reeding looks like its on a Good...
Right. I thought I read some Spanish colonial mints were shipped dies with the major designes in place, but local mintmarks and dates were applied...
Yes sir, but we are talking about longer horizons. Your dates are intentionally picking extremes, starting at the very bottom of a major...
Yes, welcome Mr. Rohan. Its impressive to see a man of your stature on our little forum. :) Chris
Truly wise advice Radoc in many ways. Legally you could be forever impuning your claim by publishing something, which is what posting a private...
I agree, one of the basis of a mint was the production of planchets from rolled strip. I believe all mints had rollers and punches to create...
Like I have posted before, the premiums are based upon dealer's beliefs as well. I view raised premiums after recent higher prices as dealers...
Lol never man. The points about edge seam and weighing are valid points, especially nowadays. I just used to collect these for over a decade, so...
Really? That would be interesting. I had always thought they were affixed at the branch mints, and things like O over CC was because Carson City...
I sure hope three cleaned bust halves are not worth $1000 today. To me, they look like many I own, cleaned years ago. I don't see anything that...
It is my understand sir that the dies were all made in Philadelphia, and sent to the branch mints. At the branch they would affix the mintmark to...
Lucy, I guess there are quite a few if's, but they all don't need to happen, just one. I was just throwing out a few things that if any one of...
I know I have said this a couple of times, but this really should be put under a special post for newcomers to coin collecting. Excellent post...
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